Hi, I'm Kirt...
YOUR BUSINESS IS MY PASSION
Are you too busy to contact the media to get the word out about your business, or simply don't know how? If your business is a nonprofit, are you uncomfortable asking corporations for donations?
I’m an award-winning author and sales and fundraising expert. As the former owner of an award-winning start-up specialty business, publicist and sales director for a New York Times best-selling author, and executive director of a nonprofit land conservancy, I will help your business grow quicker. Getting the word out to the right audience will make your dreams a reality.
My goal is to elevate your business to reach new audiences and bring in more money. We will forge new paths through targeted public relations. If your business is a nonprofit I will help you raise additional money.
I'm sharing the skills that I have personally used successfully in my businesses to help your business grow.
Kirt Manecke
Example of Services
Public Relations (PR)
Through targeted press releases I will work with the media to keep your business top of mind to increase your sales or donations.
Fundraising
- Corporate donations
- General fundraising
- Website: Optimize for sales or donations
- Newsletter, (hardcopy): This approach will optimize donations
- Direct mail
- Grants
- Major donor acquisition
- Development of thank you letters
- Online giving
- Monthly giving
- Gift shop, brick and mortar: Will provide tips to increase sales
Additional Services
- LinkedIn pages and content marketing
- Book publishing and promotion
- Customer service training
CERTIFIED: Kirt is certified in website usability, and SEO (search engine optimization)
FREE 20-Minute Zoom Discovery Call and Consultation
Please email Kirt Manecke at kirt @ smilethebook.com (no spaces before or after @) to claim your spot and we will set up a time to talk about your challenges and discuss the best marketing strategies for your business.
ATTENTION LAND CONSERVANCIES
I can help you meet or exceed Land Trust Alliance president Andrew Bowman’s “audacious” goal to have land conservancies double the amount of land they have conserved by the end of this decade, and the goal of 30x30. (30x30 is the president's plan to conserve 30 percent of U.S. land by 2030. Only 12% of U.S. land is conserved today). In the last century, the landscape has been changing at a much faster rate than it has been protected in its natural state.
Read my article, "Turbocharge Your Land Trust" in Saving Land Magazine from the Land Trust Alliance.
“I hate to think where this organization would be without Kirt. He is a magnet for money and a public relations and marketing dynamo! One of the very best natural salesmen I have ever met.”
-Steve Qua, Owner, Qua Buick, Former Chaiman, Headwaters Land Conservancy
As the former executive director of a northern Michigan land conservancy, I acheived the following results in less than three years:
- Protected more than 3,000 acres, averaging 1,000 acres per year, double and nearly triple the industry standard for many land trusts.
- Grew membership tenfold, from 66 members to 675.
- Secured more than $257K in grants.
- Raised over $200,000 in membership and other funds by revamping the agency’s overall branding, marketing communications/collateral and PR strategy to attract a wider, more sophisticated audience to vastly increase funding.
- Created a corporate sponsorship program and obtained corporate sponsors, including Ford Motor Company ($20,000.00) Weyerhaeuser, Louisiana Pacific, Georgia Pacific, and more. Secured a $6,000.00 advertising sponsorship from Weyerhaeuser Corporation.
- Created major donor program to maximize annual giving.
- Secured more than 100 press placements per year.
"Sales cure all." Mark Cuban, Shark on Shark Tank
Award-Winning Books by Kirt Manecke
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